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Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, does it ever work? I only ask because doing it the "old fashioned" way doesn't seem to work either!
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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over a year ago
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" Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, does it ever work? I only ask because doing it the "old fashioned" way doesn't seem to work either!
I have an aversion to really bad spelling. I can understand with the difficult words but honestly are instead of our, could of instead of could have
I can slmost forgive the confusion between Two too and to or there their and they're but the thing that really puts me off is text speak. Just downright laziness. Makes me wonder if they would speak in abbreviations if I met them in person.
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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" Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, tell me how to reel in an 18 year old
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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over a year ago
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Ugh yes. This is very near the top of the long list of things that will put me right off a person.
"U wana suk me bb"
No I really don't, thank you.
It makes me feel like a totally elitist snob but I can't help my reaction any more than I can help disliking cider. For instance : )
Mind you, on reflection a grammatically perfect message like that would also go straight in the bin, so that probably wasn't the best example.
"How's u"
*shudder* |
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"I’m basically trawling this thread for women who say they don’t like text-speak.
Then hoping they’ve been worn down and their defences are low enough for me to strike  "
I don't like text speak, but I'm so far worn down I'm hidden... |
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"I’m basically trawling this thread for women who say they don’t like text-speak.
Then hoping they’ve been worn down and their defences are low enough for me to strike
I don't like text speak, but I'm so far worn down I'm hidden..."
You’re in, I’ve never flirted with a completely hidden woman before. Does that mean I can’t stare down your cleavage? |
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over a year ago
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"Bloody abbreviations get me. I feel a dick asking what they mean
My pet hate is H.T.E.A.
Lol I had to Google that 
Well spill!"
It's either High Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, or Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, or Having To Explain Acronyms |
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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago
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"Bloody abbreviations get me. I feel a dick asking what they mean
My pet hate is H.T.E.A.
Lol I had to Google that
Well spill!
It's either High Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, or Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, or Having To Explain Acronyms "
Cheers! I think it must be the last one |
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"Bloody abbreviations get me. I feel a dick asking what they mean
My pet hate is H.T.E.A.
Lol I had to Google that
Well spill!
It's either High Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, or Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, or Having To Explain Acronyms
Cheers! I think it must be the last one "
Soz babs woz dravin but ye dat. |
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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago
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"Bloody abbreviations get me. I feel a dick asking what they mean
My pet hate is H.T.E.A.
Lol I had to Google that
Well spill!
It's either High Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, or Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, or Having To Explain Acronyms
Cheers! I think it must be the last one
Soz babs woz dravin but ye dat."
That took me a few attempts to decipher (if I have it right)  |
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"I’m basically trawling this thread for women who say they don’t like text-speak.
Then hoping they’ve been worn down and their defences are low enough for me to strike
I don't like text speak, but I'm so far worn down I'm hidden...
You’re in, I’ve never flirted with a completely hidden woman before. Does that mean I can’t stare down your cleavage?"
I think you'd have to find it first, it's also hiding from me! |
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By *J RHEAMan
over a year ago
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" Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, does it ever work? I only ask because doing it the "old fashioned" way doesn't seem to work either!
I had to stop messaging a woman as her messages were illegible. To the point where I asked if English was her first language. Works for both sexes.
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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over a year ago
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I am in total agreement OP, that and the ruddy snap chat filters make me sigh an exasperated, middle-aged sigh. Some of the lazy speak messages are so ridiculous, I feel like a Bletchley Park code breaker. I tend to respond with “I am old, I do not understand”. |
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over a year ago
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I detest it. Used to get it all the time when I lived in Birmingham.
Hi bab wuu2 u a gawjus bab wanna get nawty wit me n suck me cock
Er no... thank you but no |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I am in total agreement OP, that and the ruddy snap chat filters make me sigh an exasperated, middle-aged sigh. Some of the lazy speak messages are so ridiculous, I feel like a Bletchley Park code breaker. I tend to respond with “I am old, I do not understand”. "
The Snapchat filters though!  not for me tar! |
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over a year ago
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"Doesn't it make the writing paper all smelly and smeary? 
Writing paper?
What is this?
You don't remember?
It's for scribbling shopping lists on "
Made of papyrus |
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over a year ago
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"Doesn't it make the writing paper all smelly and smeary?
Writing paper?
What is this?
You don't remember?
It's for scribbling shopping lists on "
I dont do shopping
I have my people do that |
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over a year ago
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"Doesn't it make the writing paper all smelly and smeary?
Writing paper?
What is this?
You don't remember?
It's for scribbling shopping lists on
Made of papyrus"
Do they have tentacles |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"T T F N..
I use that one with friends. My excuse is that it predates text speak by about sixty years
Probably by eighty years or more. Ttfn, swalk xx"
It was coined in the show ITMA in 1939 or 41 depending what source you believe.
I googled it  |
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over a year ago
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"Doesn't it make the writing paper all smelly and smeary?
Writing paper?
What is this?
You don't remember?
It's for scribbling shopping lists on
I dont do shopping
I have my people do that"
You have people 
I just tell the slaves |
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over a year ago
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Oh I hate it.
I under stand why we made the abbreviations, it was my generation that did it, God bless character restrictions on text messages. But there is no need for them now. Just idolness.
And for people struggling with dyslexia (like my self) it's a real piss take, because I then have difficilty reading the word.
Also, note I did try to write "strugle" about 4 times but not sure on spelling. Still not convinced that is the correct spelling. Damn you dyslexia! |
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"T T F N..
I use that one with friends. My excuse is that it predates text speak by about sixty years
Probably by eighty years or more. Ttfn, swalk xx
It was coined in the show ITMA in 1939 or 41 depending what source you believe.
I googled it "
I think that swalk is older, possibly all the way back to soldiers letters coming home during the Great War.
And absolutely right for using on fab - Egypt, Norwich, England, China... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm dyslexic I sometimes read those type of messages easier than ones written in correct English
Love seesides posts I can read them with ease
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Really? See that's odd as I find them much harder. Guess everyone is different right. |
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By *iss.ddWoman
over a year ago
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Half these text speak words just don't 'roll off the fingers' easily so they'd probably be better off just typing the real word.
I always ask for an explanation and when they reply with the real words, I say why didn't you say that in the first place |
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"Oh I hate it.
I under stand why we made the abbreviations, it was my generation that did it, God bless character restrictions on text messages. But there is no need for them now. Just idolness.
And for people struggling with dyslexia (like my self) it's a real piss take, because I then have difficilty reading the word.
Also, note I did try to write "strugle" about 4 times but not sure on spelling. Still not convinced that is the correct spelling. Damn you dyslexia!"
I don't have dyslexia and I often look at a word so much it does not look right! |
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"Oh I hate it.
I under stand why we made the abbreviations, it was my generation that did it, God bless character restrictions on text messages. But there is no need for them now. Just idolness.
And for people struggling with dyslexia (like my self) it's a real piss take, because I then have difficilty reading the word.
Also, note I did try to write "strugle" about 4 times but not sure on spelling. Still not convinced that is the correct spelling. Damn you dyslexia!
I don't have dyslexia and I often look at a word so much it does not look right!"
I find I've been doing that more and more. I blame smartphones. Or the internet. Or Brexit. Or something |
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" Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, does it ever work? I only ask because doing it the "old fashioned" way doesn't seem to work either!
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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Well I don't use text speak but my spelling is poor (I'm dyslexic). Having said that hopefully by the quality, content and the use of a wide (altgough sometimes misspelt) vocabulary people can see I'm no dummy. After all we don't need words to be spelt 100% accurately for our brains to decipher them correctly. Although I do wonder over time how many people have thrown me into the bin pile for bad spelling and grammar before examining the content of my words? |
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By *athnBobCouple
over a year ago
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If it can't be deciphered in one pass i.e. text speak, no punctuation or upper case, stupid words.... it goes straight in the bin.
No problem with spelling mistakes, shit happens as they say and the same with grammar BUT it needs to be understandable which, as I understand it, is the whole purpose of sending someone a message. |
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"I’m basically trawling this thread for women who say they don’t like text-speak.
Then hoping they’ve been worn down and their defences are low enough for me to strike "
sorry I do text speak... Sometimes lol |
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"If it can't be deciphered in one pass i.e. text speak, no punctuation or upper case, stupid words.... it goes straight in the bin.
No problem with spelling mistakes, shit happens as they say and the same with grammar BUT it needs to be understandable which, as I understand it, is the whole purpose of sending someone a message. "
I had one this morning with random capitals throughout. |
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"If it can't be deciphered in one pass i.e. text speak, no punctuation or upper case, stupid words.... it goes straight in the bin.
No problem with spelling mistakes, shit happens as they say and the same with grammar BUT it needs to be understandable which, as I understand it, is the whole purpose of sending someone a message.
I had one this morning with random capitals throughout. "
My phone keeps capitalising random words. I have no idea why. |
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"If it can't be deciphered in one pass i.e. text speak, no punctuation or upper case, stupid words.... it goes straight in the bin.
No problem with spelling mistakes, shit happens as they say and the same with grammar BUT it needs to be understandable which, as I understand it, is the whole purpose of sending someone a message.
I had one this morning with random capitals throughout. "
What , like Madrid and Amsterdam?? |
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If it takes longer for me to work out what the words are meant to say than it would to read the real words then it's game over. I can't be doing with it.
I can just about cope with u instead of you but that's pretty much my limit. |
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"If it can't be deciphered in one pass i.e. text speak, no punctuation or upper case, stupid words.... it goes straight in the bin.
No problem with spelling mistakes, shit happens as they say and the same with grammar BUT it needs to be understandable which, as I understand it, is the whole purpose of sending someone a message.
I had one this morning with random capitals throughout. What , like Madrid and Amsterdam??"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There seems to be a new era of grammar use , where errors are so common they can no longer be considered incorrect;
Been up too much? What you been up too?
Your gorgeous
Would of /could of /should of
How you ?
It’s acrually triggering me just writing these out ... there are probably more examples but I have to go breathe into a paper bag now ....
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If as sometimes it does my mind goes blank and I can not remember how to spell a word like gorgeous then I just use another. Swalk on the back of a letter used to get the heart beating but this crap they use nowadays just doesn't have the same feeling or meaning if by some miracle we new what they meant so it's a no from the two of us. Xx |
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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL |
"If it can't be deciphered in one pass i.e. text speak, no punctuation or upper case, stupid words.... it goes straight in the bin.
No problem with spelling mistakes, shit happens as they say and the same with grammar BUT it needs to be understandable which, as I understand it, is the whole purpose of sending someone a message.
I had one this morning with random capitals throughout. "
I saw a forum post like this today, every word started with a capital letter. |
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over a year ago
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Most languages are constantly evolving, with new spellings and definitions being applied frequently. I notice a lot of people complaining about text speak are using short form contractions (I'm, I've etc) which were the "text speak" of their day. English isn't my first language, but it's the hardest one I've learned - the spelling of words such as "through", "rough", "bough" and "thorough" make absolutely no sense to me! |
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" Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, does it ever work? I only ask because doing it the "old fashioned" way doesn't seem to work either!
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs |
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" Not bad spelling, but shit, lazy spelling such as:
"wos up gurl am felin hawne u want met?". ( Obviously they probably wouldn't use the '?', but even i have a limit.)
Guys, does it ever work? I only ask because doing it the "old fashioned" way doesn't seem to work either!
I have an aversion to really bad spelling. I can understand with the difficult words but honestly are instead of our, could of instead of could have
I can slmost forgive the confusion between Two too and to or there their and they're but the thing that really puts me off is text speak. Just downright laziness. Makes me wonder if they would speak in abbreviations if I met them in person.
Yours,
Outraged of Wiltshire.
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Lecturer used "could of" in PowerPoint - i was utterly gobsmacked. |
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Literally though, all these examples make me shudder. But do you know what the worst one is?
Lol.
I very much doubt you are laughing out loud, Sir; you have just told me that you had a jacket potato for dinner and I fail to see the humour in that. |
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"Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs"
That’s fine, because the whole sentence is in parentheses. The closing bracket would only go before the full stop if it was just part of the sentence in parentheses. The space after the opening bracket is an issue, though. |
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"Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs
That’s fine, because the whole sentence is in parentheses. The closing bracket would only go before the full stop if it was just part of the sentence in parentheses. The space after the opening bracket is an issue, though."
Do ever take a day off from correcting people ? |
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over a year ago
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"Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs
That’s fine, because the whole sentence is in parentheses. The closing bracket would only go before the full stop if it was just part of the sentence in parentheses. The space after the opening bracket is an issue, though.
Do ever take a day off from correcting people ?"
That do I ever |
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"Most languages are constantly evolving, with new spellings and definitions being applied frequently. I notice a lot of people complaining about text speak are using short form contractions (I'm, I've etc) which were the "text speak" of their day. English isn't my first language, but it's the hardest one I've learned - the spelling of words such as "through", "rough", "bough" and "thorough" make absolutely no sense to me!"
Text speak is a little different. “I’m” and “I’ve” are contractions in the spoken word, which assist in less cumbersome dialogue, a more natural, flowing way to speak. Text speak is largely borne out of the technological constraints of early SMS. It can assist speedier, clearer or more natural dialogue, but often it obfuscates and complicates communication.
And, while there are examples of formerly ‘incorrect’ grammar becoming accepted as correct (like beginning a sentence with ‘and’, as I just did) those are few and far between. They are also, usually, also carried over from the spoken word. While ‘could/would/should of’ may become increasingly widespread, they are unlikely to ever be accepted or adopted as correct usage.
There’s a fair chance that ‘lol’ has sufficiently ingrained itself into the language that it will in time be recognised, although its use still hasn’t settled enough, in terms of consistency of meaning and usage, for that to be guaranteed.
And that still doesn’t mean that we have to like it... |
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"Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs
That’s fine, because the whole sentence is in parentheses. The closing bracket would only go before the full stop if it was just part of the sentence in parentheses. The space after the opening bracket is an issue, though.
Do ever take a day off from correcting people ?
That do I ever "
Terribly sorry I forgot the ‘you’. |
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"Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs
That’s fine, because the whole sentence is in parentheses. The closing bracket would only go before the full stop if it was just part of the sentence in parentheses. The space after the opening bracket is an issue, though."
Sakes |
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"Sakes "
Are you ever going to say anything of value when you reply to my posts? Ever going to contribute anything to the discussion? Or just going to post the eye-rolling emoji? Because it’s fucking pathetic. Get a life. |
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"Dear outraged, how dare you put a full-stop inside the closed bracket to signal end of sentence.
Yours
Anally Cambs
That’s fine, because the whole sentence is in parentheses. The closing bracket would only go before the full stop if it was just part of the sentence in parentheses. The space after the opening bracket is an issue, though."
Since it is an interjection following on from the previous sentence then the bracketed sentence should follow a comma or semi colon. Then I'd be correct in what i previously stated. *Blows raspberry* |
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